Working in HULL last week (shame on me).

12 o’clock Friday dinner pulling out of a service station on the M62

Shit loads of traffic so I nailed the FAT ARSE BITCH and as usual she preformed her shit.

½ a mile on thought I spotted the OLD BILL in the rear view mirror some distance behind so slowed down to the boring limit, turned off towards SOUTH CAVE and would you believe ((((they followed)))). Pulled in to my mates road and guess what

Yeh blue lights, so what did I do (kept going till I got to my mates drive 200 yrs down the road).

Removed my self from the beast greeted by two fat bastards in uniform with the words “I think you know why we’ve pulled you over sir”

 

I replied: - no?

 

Fb1: - You where speeding sir!

 

Me: - What me, where?

 

Fb1: - Ho but we’ll let you off with that sir, but we’re concerned about your number plate sir!

 

Me: - Why?

 

Fb1: - Well it’s illegal sir!

 

Me: - why, it’s the original one from when the car was imported?

 

Fb1: - if you look at this graph sir you’ll see that the letters and numbers are not the legal size and the law states that they must be this size so you’ll have to change it for one with the legal size letters and number and you can have this ticket to prove you’ve changed it! (PRODUCER AND MOT STATION “ TWO WEEKS TODO IT ”).

 

MORAL OF THE STORY IS, THEY MAY NOT GET YOU FOR BIG ONE BUT THEY’LL ALLWAYS GET YOU FOR SOMETHING!!!!!!

 

I’VE TRAVELLED 3000 MILES IN FOUR WEEKS IN MY Z AND THEY HAV’NT GOT ME YET (MAX 150 M1)

Hello Mate,

 

If you do a search, I think you will find that the new law says that import vehicles can have their own plate of whatever size made up due to the constraints of the vehicle !

 

If you do a search you will see the specific law talked about a few months ago!

does that appy to front ones too? :D :D

Well you will have to do a search and see if it applies????????

:D

I had a hard time trying to get a playe to fit the back of my import, so I contacted the DVLA directly and was told to get an order placed from a registered supplier of plates and send it in with the required dimensions.

I went (back!) in to Halfords with the dimensions, told them the story and they said, ok we'll send it off if that's what you want. 8 days later the plate arrived, made to measure with smaller letters and numbers (like a bike plate) and they charged me £9.99, same as a standard plate, fits lovely and looks cool, cos it's different! - BUT LEGAL!

 

Hope this is helpful

You can use motorcycle size on the rear Jap plate. I happen to have UK car size one on the rear which is illegal because there isn't enough spacing. *sigh*

 

For the nth time, here's the page with the regs

 

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_current_requirements.htm#import

 

It is a moot point as to whether this applies to the front as well because there are no "restrictions" on the front which would make it impossible to fit a UK full size plate with the right numbers.

 

Cheers - Gio

Good place to get plates that actually fit is http://www.fancyplates.com (might be http://www.fancyplates.co.uk). Just tell them the sizem and style you want.